Hi all, I only wanted to tell that after several days of reading all the pulseaudio/portaudio/alsa specs over and over again I got orca and espeak working on Ubuntu-9.04-i386 with Gnome.
The problem is that I have fiddled so much in the Ubuntu audio configuration that at the moment I still have no EXACT idea what the real problem was. But everything looks as if it has something to do with the Ubuntu pulseaudio setup and NOT with portaudio. I still will have to test the whole stuff again with a plain Ubuntu installation, but this still will last some more days. However, you will need to re-compile espeak yourself to make it work. Here are the most important steps I did: Download the ORIGINAL espeak source code from: http://espeak.sourceforge.net/download.html and unpack it into a sub-folder of your home directory. Ignore the espeak "ReadMe" file because the instructions there are rather useless and misleading for Ubuntu and pulseaudio. In particular, you DO NOT NEED to adapt the "portaudio.h" files in the "espeak/src" directory to compile espeak with pulseaudio. I can compile espeak on Ubuntu with all "portaudio[xx].h" files in the "espeak/src" directory deleted what makes me assume that the Ubuntu problems have nothing to do with portaudio at all. Now go into the "espeak/src" directory and modify the Makefile: bash$ cd /.../espeak-1.40.02-source/src bash$ gedit Makefile Change the AUDIO setting in the Makefile from "portaudio" to "pulseaudio" as shown below and save the modified Makefile back to disk: --- /espeak-1.40.02-source/src/Makefile --- #AUDIO = portaudio AUDIO = pulseaudio #AUDIO = sada --- end of /espeak-1.40.02-source/src/Makefile --- Espeak will use the Ubuntu "/usr/include/pulse/pulseaudio.h" file by default, you do not need to change anything else but the Makefile (and maybe the Ubuntu pulseaudio setup, what still needs to be verified by testing on a plain Ubuntu install during the next days). Now, in the "espeak/src" directory, type "make": bash$ make 1. NOTE: espeak will NOT work correctly if started after "make" from the "/espeak/src" directory, because it still loads the non-working Ubuntu "/usr/lib/libespeak.so.1.1.40" library. 2. NOTE: First I had espeak installed in "/usr/local/bin" by modifying the PREFIX setting in the Makefile but it didn't work neither. The only way to make it work correctly seems to install espeak in "/usr/bin" (where it finally worked). 3. BEWARE: "make install" will OVERWRITE the Ubuntu files and there is no "uninstall" target defined in the Makefile! The affected Ubuntu files are: /usr/bin/espeak /usr/lib/libespeak.so.1 # link to libespeak.so.1.1.40 /usr/lib/libespeak.so.1.1.40 /usr/share/espeak-data # the entire directory Either copy the files to a safe backup-location before you type "make install" or in case something goes wrong, you can restore the original Ubuntu files by re-installing the packages: espeak espeak-data libespeak1 The self-compiled espeak will also install the files: /usr/lib/libespeak.a /usr/lib/libespeak.so # also a link to libespeak.so.1.1.40 In case of an un-installation you may have to delete these files yourself manually on the bash command line. Now, after reading about all these quirks and warnings, if you're still happy and in adventurous mood, type: bash$ sudo make install and try out wether espeak works now on your system. :-) I will test the whole stuff again during the next few days. - edgar -- espeak sound doesn't play correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/354522 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
